Processors

[HopAlongBunny]

Things change so fast. If you are delaying the upgrade ask again when you go ahead with it.

I bought a core 2 duo as a stop-gap when my old one gave up...still runs everything i play; more titles are coming out "optimized" for multi-core, but i think i'm still good for a year :) (I play S2TW on high settings btw)

[Whacker]

AMD has great pricing but are losing the performance game big time.

For the same cost as AMD's best current offering, you can get an Intel 2500K and a nice Asus mobo, and get a one-click stable, safe overclock on the stock Intel cooler of about 4.0 - 4.2 ghz. Even without the OC it's still a great cpu.

Really wish AMD would catch up again so the price wars resume in earnest.

[Lemur]

Really wish AMD would catch up again so the price wars resume in earnest.

Agreed. Also, I am a sentimental fool who loves to give his money to the underdog, so I wish AMD would kick into high gear so's I could support them in good conscience.

Still, they have the cheapest six-core solution around. Now if only that translated into gaming performance ...

[Xiahou]

Last I checked, at comparable performance levels, AMD is still priced very favorably to it's Intel counterparts. The problem is, if you're looking at high-end cpus there just isn't anything offered by AMD that's really comparable to Intel. If you're not shopping high-end, AMD is still an attractive alternative.